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Historical Fiction Quotes

I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find it fascinating to research the clues of some little know period and develop a story based on that, I will probably continue to do it. Jean M. Auel
I found out after reading quite a lot of it that it is not rated very high. He has a very descriptive way of writing but also lengthy. May not want to finish!!!!! This was his 1sr and only try ast Historical Fiction! Wilkie Collins
Kate Mosse quote: "I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its..."
I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history. Kate Mosse
Antonia Fraser quote: "I can't read historical fiction because I find the real thing..."
I can't read historical fiction because I find the real thing so much more interesting. Antonia Fraser
Erin Duffy quote: "I like a good fun chick-lit book as much as I like historical..."
I like a good fun chick-lit book as much as I like historical fiction, mysteries, or biographies, I like to be well-rounded! Erin Duffy
Anita Diament quote: "I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a..."
I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying. Anita Diament
Writers of historical fiction are not under the same obligation as historians to find evidence for the statements they make. For us it is sufficient if what we say can't be disproved or shown to be false. Barry Unsworth
I like historical fiction. I fell in love with New Orleans the first time I visited it. And I wanted to place a story in New Orleans. Isabel Allende
Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of an individual as having a general historical value, which is the Odyssey. Raymond Queneau
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859? 7 July 1930) was a Scottish author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction. Conan was originally a given name, but Doyle used it as part of his surname in his... Arthur Conan Doyle
Still, my fascination with Buchanan did not abate, nor was I able, as the Seventies set in, to move the novel forward through the constant pastiche and basic fakery of any fiction not fed by the springs of memory -- what Henry James calls (in a letter to Sarah Orne Jewett) the "fatal cheapness [and] mere escamotage" of the "'historic' novel."From the author's introduction to the signed first edition. John Updike
As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading for pleasure, I read a lot of non-fictional history, particularly historical biography. Norman Spinrad

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